Subject: Re: disklabel & odd partition boundaries.
To: Richard Rauch <rauch@eecs.ukans.edu>
From: Chris Jones <chris@cjones.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/04/2001 12:37:28
Richard Rauch <rauch@eecs.ukans.edu> writes:
> Now, I've hit a wrinkle. ``disklabel -e'' forces me to deal with
> cylinders.
Really? The only mention of cylinders I see is at the end of the
line, after the # sign. That stuff is entirely ignored. So, if you
set the sectors correctly, it'll recalculate the cylinder numbers for
you, but they're really just there for reference.
Chris
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